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USA: Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 27 May, 2013 - 09:36

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is the world's largest cruise industry trade association with representation in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. CLIA represents the interests of cruise lines, travel agents, port authorities and destinations, and various industry business partners before regulatory and legislative policy makers. CLIA is also engaged in travel agent training, research and marketing communications to promote the value and desirability of cruise holiday vacations with thousands of travel agency and travel agent members.

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UK: Civil Aviation Authority and Office of Fair Trading warn travel industry not to mislead consumers

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 15 May, 2013 - 15:53

A new guidance launched by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is aimed at airlines, price comparison websites, travel agents and tour operators, and is designed to make sure the travel industry is fully aware of its responsibilities under existing consumer legislation. The document makes clear that the travel industry must provide consumers with the information they need, when they need it and in a transparent way they can clearly understand.

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Boeing Dreamliners grounded by several aviation authorities around the world

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 18 January, 2013 - 15:55

As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident in Japan, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners over safety concerns. Other regulators around the world have followed:

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IFTTA Law Review 3-2012 available online

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 11 December, 2012 - 18:09

The IFTTA Law Review 3-2012 is now available within the members' area of the website. It contains an article by Stephan Keiler on the European Bus Passengers' Rights Regulation and several court cases.

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EU-Commission updates Airline Blacklist

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 6 December, 2012 - 13:35

On Dec. 4, 2012, the European Commission has adopted the 20th update of the European list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union, better known as "the EU air safety list". Because of important safety concerns, air carriers certified in Eritrea have been added to the list.

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Egypt: new tourism minister appointed

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 8 August, 2012 - 14:56

Following the election of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in June, the Egyptian government has appointed a new tourism minister, Mohamed Hisham Abbas Zaazou who had served as the first assistant to Egypt's minister of tourism since 2008, has worked in both the private and public tourism sectors for the past three decades, including  the board of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, the Egyptian Tourist Authority, the Tourism Development Authority and the Arab Tourism Organization.

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IFTTA Law Review 2-2012 available online

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 6 August, 2012 - 08:06

The newest edition of the IFTTA Law Review is availbale within the members' section of this website. It focusses on air passenger rights, namley the EU Regulation 261/2004 and the Montreal Convention. Print copies are available as supplement to the Journal "Reiserecht aktuell" published by Sellier European Law Publishers, Germany.

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UK: British Airways to check passengers on Google?

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 19 July, 2012 - 07:39

According to an article by Margaret Tofalides from Manches LLP, published on lexology.com, British Airways is planning to use information from the internet to create dossiers on passengers. The programme would search Google images in order to find pictures of passengers so that they can be identified by the BA staff. It would would also search data held by BA, including records of previous flights and complaints. The programme, of course, raises data protection and privacy concerns.

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